The Board of Directors of Shangri-La Asia Limited announced that YAP Chee Keong has been appointed an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company. The appointment will take effect on December 11, 2017. Mr. YAP was formerly the Executive Director of The Straits Trading Company Limited and the Chief Financial Officer of Singapore Power Limited. Mr. YAP's other current directorships include MediaCorp Pte Ltd. -­ independent non-executive director and Citibank Singapore Ltd. -­ independent non-executive director. Mr. YAP shall hold office until the next general meeting of the company and will be eligible for re-election at the meeting and be subject to retirement by rotation, and in any event no later than the third annual general meeting of the company after he is so elected or re-elected at a general meeting of the company, but will be eligible for re-election at the meeting.